> .SETALL("RESIZABLE", .F., "COLUMN")
> .SETALL("MOVABLE", .F., "COLUMN")
> .SETALL("READONLY", .T., "COLUMN")
> .SETALL("READONLY", .T., "TEXTBOX")
> .SETALL("ALIGNMENT", 2, "HEADER")
> .SETALL("FONTBOLD", .T., "HEADER")
> .SETALL("FORECOLOR", RGB(0,0,255), "HEADER")
>*!* This is the column I want the event.
> .column6.READONLY = .F.
> .column6.ENABLED = .T.

Hmm...it works okay for me with same code in a test grid I use. Try commenting out all the code, make the grid enabled .T., readonly = .F. at all levels and make sure Valids fire in various columns.